I am not as inclined to read contemporary YA as I am Fantasy or Sci-Fi, but so many people adored this book that I had to listen. Simon’s story is a coming out story, but it really felt like a lot more than that. It showed not only one teen’s story, but the many messy […]
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Ex Libris Audio: The Serpent King
Having grown up in a small town, I tend to gravitate toward stories set there and The Serpent Kind definitely captured both the comfort and the frustration of living in a small community. All three characters have lives that do not go unexamined by the local townspeople, but I would say that the focus of […]
Ex Libris Audio: Magonia
Oh, how I wanted to like this book. The idea seemed liked something that would be perfect for me. Yet, when it was done, I just couldn’t say that I enjoyed it. The story started with Aza, who was very ill with a mysterious disease that attacked her respiratory system and the strange things she […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Haters
There is a lot about music in this book, as you would expect, but it also takes on the classic road trip story, full of weird encounters and unusual characters. Also, it will make you laugh. I was listening to some of this at work and got few weird looks for laughing out loud […]
Ex Libris Audio: Salt To The Sea
I can relate pretty much everything I interact with to a Hamilton lyric, and when I was listening to Salt to the Sea, I kept thinking of this line: you have no control – who lives, who dies, who tells your story. Ruta Sepetys has established herself as a teller of hidden stories, writing about […]